This guide shows that where you live, your wealth and your gender all have a bearing on the diseases you may encounter and your prospects for prevention, treatment and survival.

Published by New Internationalist, the No-Nonsense Guides help you make sense of the most complex global issues. They give you a concise and plain-speaking view of some of the most challenging issues of our time. And all in under 150 pages, so you can take them anywhere. Size: 18 cm x 11 cm, paperback. A splendid series of pocketable guides to issue politics - rigorously clear The Guardian, London

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